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Springborn, Siefert, Gretz, Gregorich Win At Shawano Opener
By: Bert Lehman
Shawano, WI (May 21, 2007) - After being delayed for one week, Shawano
Speedway finally kicked off its racing season Saturday night. When the dust
settled on the evening, featured winners included Troy Springborn in the
WISSOTA Late Model, Jared Siefert in the IMCA Modified, Greg Gretz in the IMCA
Stock Car, Eugene Gregorich in the IMCA Sport Mod and A.J. Diemel in the
Fastrak Crate Late Model features.
Starting on the pole, Nick Anvelink jumped out to the quick lead over Gordie
Seegert, Troy Springborn and Justin Ritchie in the WISSOTA Late Model feature.
Anvelink had built himself a small lead, when a caution came out after three
laps. When the race was restarted, Anvelink again built himself a small lead
over Springborn and Seegert. Terry Anvelink moved to fourth at this
time.
Over the next several laps, Springborn began to gain on Anvelink. Just past
the halfway point of the race, Springborn pulled to the outside of Anvelink in
turns one and two and made the outside pass stick before the final caution of
the race came out. On the restart, Springborn maintained his lead over Nick
Anvelink, Seegert, Terry Anvelink and A.J. Diemel. Pete Parker joined the top
five a couple laps later. That’s the way it ended, with Springborn taking
the win, followed by Nick Anvelink, Seegert, Terry Anvelink and Parker.
In the IMCA Modified feature, Matt McDermid grabbed the early lead over Mike
Wedelstadt, Lance Arneson, Jared Siefert and Jerry Wilinski. Wilinski moved to
fourth on the next lap, while Wedelstadt and Siefert battled side-by-side for
several laps. Wedelstadt fended off Siefert, and then took the lead from
McDermid on the high-side. Siefert moved up to second a few laps later, and
set his sights on Wedelstadt.
Siefert caught Wedelstadt just past the midway point of the race. Siefert
pulled to the inside of Wedelstadt a couple laps later, and grabbed the lead.
Those two began to pull away from the rest of the top five of Wilinski,
McDermid and Arneson. Wedelstadt would not let Siefert out of his sight, but
he couldn’t make a move for the lead. Siefert went on to the victory,
followed by Wedelstadt, Wilinski, Arneson and Brian Mullen.
Greg Gretz moved into the lead on the second lap of the IMCA Stock Car
feature, with Brian Bruechert, Brian Ambrosius, Junior Karcz and Shawn Wagner
following. Bruechert began to gain on Gretz, before pulling to the infield on
lap six. The first caution of the race came out on lap seven. Gretz continued
to lead on the restart, with Karcz, Dan Michonski, Mike Asenbrener and Greg
Gutt following. It remained that way for the next several laps, when another
caution came out.
Gretz maintained his lead on the restart, with Michonski moving to second, and
followed by Karcz, Wagner and Asenbrener. Gretz pulled out to a slight lead,
while Karcz took the second spot from Michonski. When the checkered flag flew,
it was Gretz taking the win. He was followed by Karcz, Michonski, Wagner and
Asenbrener.
In the IMCA Sport Mod feature, Brian Besaw grabbed the early lead over Mike
Czarapata, Matt Oreskovich, Joe White and Eugene Gregorich. Gregorich
immediately began moving to the front. A couple of cautions plagued the race
over the next several laps. By the end of the fifth lap, Gregorich grabbed the
lead and never looked back. He was followed across the line by Tim Jorgenson,
Besaw, White and Tracy Wassenberg.
The Fastrak Crate Late Model feature was plagued by cautions. The time limit
for the race expired before one official lap could be completed. A.J. Diemel
was ruled the winner of the race.
Racing action continues next Saturday, with racing getting underway at 6 p.m.
For more information about Shawano Speedway, visit www.shawanospeedway.net.
RACING SUMMARY
WISSOTA LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Troy Springborn, 2)Nick Anvelink, 3)Gordie
Seegert, 4)Terry Anvelink, 5)Pete Parker, 6)Justin Ritchie, 7)A.J. Diemel,
8)Randy Markwardt, 9)Tom Naeyaert, 10)Doug Blashe. FIRST HEAT: 1)Springborn,
2)Ritchie, 3)Markwardt. SECOND HEAT: 1)N. Anvelink, 2)T. Anvelink,
3)Seegert.
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE: 1)Jared Siefert, 2)Mike Wedelstadt, 3)Jerry Wilinski,
4)Lance Arneson, 5)Brian Mullen, 6)Benji LaCrosse, 7)Matt McDermid, 8)Travis
Spaulding, 9)Jeremie Hedrick, 10)Tom Schaal. FIRST CONSI: 1)M.J. Hintz,
2)Julie McDermid. SECOND CONSI: 1)Jerrod Anvelink, 2)Russ Huxford. THIRD CONSI:
1)Jamie Schmidt, 2)Jason Czarapata. FIRST HEAT: 1)Arneson, 2)Wilinski,
3)Knapp. SECOND HEAT: 1)M. McDermid, 2)Brandon Czarapata, 3)LaCrosse. THIRD
HEAT: 1)Siefert, 2)Hedrick, 3)Dave Diemel. FOURTH HEAT: 1)Wedelstadt, 2)Eddie
Muenster, 3)John Peters. FIFTH HEAT: 1)Mullen, 2)Spaulding, 3)Schaal.
IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE: 1)Greg Gretz, 2)Junior Karcz, 3)Dan Michonski, 4)Shawn
Wagner, 5)Mike Asenbrener, 6)Brian Ambrosius, 7)Dustin Loberger, 8)Troy
Jerovetz, 9)Jeff Brehmer, 10)Mike Brehmer. FIRST HEAT: 1)Gretz, 2)Chas Van
Ooyen, 3)Barry Van Straten. SECOND HEAT: 1)Rod Snellenberger, 2)John Heinz,
3)Ambrosius. THIRD HEAT: 1)Brian Bruechert, 2)Wagner, 3)Michonski.
LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)A.J. Diemel, 2)Joe Reuter, 3)Aaron Wickersheim,
4)Mike Stangl, 5)Justin Hirt, 6)Malcolm Spiegel, 7)Craig Bartz, 8)A.J. Miller,
9)Jeff Curtin, 10)Nate Yonker. FIRST HEAT: 1)Joel Bennett, 2)Dan Wanta,
3)Wickersheim. SECOND HEAT: 1)Bartz, 2)Diemel, 3)Stangle. THIRD HEAT: 1)Hirt,
2)Springborn, 3)Miller.
IMCA SPORT MOD FEATURE: 1)Eugen Gregorich, 2)Tim Jorgenson, 3)Brian Besaw,
4)Joe White, 5)Tracy Wassenberg, 6)Mike Czarapata, 7)Craig Hoffman, 8)Aaron
Holiday, 9)Brad Bricco, 10)Matt Oreskovich. FIRST HEAT: 1)Besaw, 2)Czarapata,
3)David Faucher. SECOND HEAT: 1)Gregorich, 2)Jorgenson, 3)White. THIRD HEAT:
1)Wassenberg, 2)Oreskovich, 3)Alan Gast.
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